The crafty traveler parks here.

I love to create. I think I have glitter, glue, and ink flowing through my veins. So, of course, I am going to put a little craft in my travels. I should warn you, that although I am crafty.... my creations are not always finished, are rarely perfect, and sometimes they are a big fat fail.

I found another great travel craft idea on Pinterest this morning and a fab tutorial for it over at Delia Creates ( link at end of post).

The idea is to pull out all the kids toys and photograph them in the style of the I SPY books. Then she used picasa to add text, and then simply printed the photos and slipped them in cheap little photo books.

I absolutely love this idea. It would make a fun travel book. I am planning to put one together for our January Cruise.

This is and idea I have pinned twice on Pinterest, and I can see myself putting something like this together for Amber and a perhaps even a more manly version for the boys.

Actually, I found some cute little animal critters at a thrift store and bought them with the intention of doing something life this. But, those cute little critters got snatched up by the kids and I have not seen them again.

I found this neat idea over on the DIS boards. What you don't know about the DIS boards? If you are going anywhere Disney related ( or just dreaming about it!) you need to hop on over and check it out. Click the link below to check it out. http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?Anyway, back to this neat travel craft idea, I think it is a really fun idea. As a kid I would have loved this, but I don't see this as something my boys would enjoy. Okay, they might enjoy it, but all I can see is all this scattered all over the car after they use the contents as weapons for there action figures. Perhaps, when the Sassy Diva is older?

Disney Wonder Cruise.... Fish Extender Part #1We are going on a Disney Cruise! Okay, it is not until next January 2014, but it is never to early to get started on preparing. Not when you are me, anyway. So, this is a post about the Fish Extender or FE that I made for our cruise. That is it on the left side. I am REALLY happy with the way it came out.

What in the world is a Fish Extender and why on earth would I want to make one? Yes, I asked myself that as well, but a quick consult with my friends Google & Pinterest gave me everything I needed to know and inspiration to get started.

This is the fish that is beside the door of the cabin on each room on the ship. It is used as a message hook of sorts. A fish extender is simply a hanging pocket, bag, or organizer that can be placed over the hook.

Why would you want to do this? So you can exchange little gifts with other cruisers! It is easy to find other people who will be sailing on your cruise by CLICKING HERE . The photo above would be a FE at it's most basic and if you are not crafty you can order one from etsy or ebay. Check out these from etsy by gradysmommy. I have not ordered from her but she comes highly recommended by other cruisers.

So, now that you know about that Fish stuff, lets get on with mine. First of all, I wanted to make mine. Second, I am cheap. Third, I can sew but I try not to. I am going to show you how I made my FE using these cute little tote from the Dollar Tree. They were $1 each.

First Step: Cutting them up. I cut the straps off all but one. I left enough of the strap to glue under on the front to avoid fraying. I used the straps on the back to HOT GLUE (because it is awesome!) the back of the bags together... like this....

Had to pull the first one apart and re do it because the bags were not even on the front. That is one of the great things about hot glue! No ripping out stitches when you mess up. Trust me, when I sew, my seam ripper gets a work out.

Not bad! I did end up cutting some cardboard to fit into the bottom of the bags to make it a little more sturdy.I covered the cardboard with pretty scrapbook paper. Next Step: Embellishing- if you want the detail on that, just click on over to the craft section of my blog and read on. This cost $4 so far!

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I love to create. I think I have glitter, glue, and ink flowing through my veins. So, of course, I am going to put a little craft in my travels. I should warn you, that although I am crafty.... my creations are not always finished, are rarely perfect, and sometimes they are a big fat fail.